ROCHESTER — On Wednesday, two recently promoted officers took their oaths of office, and two other officers were awarded for saving a life.

Michael Brinkman was recently promoted from officer to sergeant, and Anthony Bossi was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant.

In the promotion ceremony for Brinkman, Police Chief Mike Allen said a promotion to sergeant is “a significant milestone in a police officer’s career,” as a sergeant is the first line of supervision in the department.

Brinkman has served on the Rochester Police Department since August 2006, and has previously served in the U.S. Navy. Brinkman serves on the Crisis Intervention Team at the Police Department, is also a drug recognition expert and a field training officer. Has previously been recognized for traffic enforcement and been nominated for the prestigious Ted Blair Award at the department.

Bossi, who been a Rochester police officer since October 2000, is a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. At the Police Department, he coordinates the Honor Guard team, as well as works with Police Explorers, though which young people interested in police work learn about the inner workings of the Police Department. Bossi is also a liaison for the Rental Property Owners Association, and is instrumental in the Rochester United Neighborhoods program, said Allen.

Bossi has been awarded the Lifesaving Award three times in the past, and has also been nominated for the Ted Blair Award.

Also on Wednesday, Officer Andrew Swanberry and Sgt. Eric Babine were recognized with the Lifesaving Award. Allen said that on Dec. 9, the two officers responded to a report of a suicidal man who had wrapped a zip tie around his neck in an attempt to take his own life. While Swanberry and Babine were to the scene, the man lost consciousness, and the two officers quickly found something with which to cut the zip tie, thereby saving the man’s life.

Allen said if it weren’t for the actions of the two police officers, “that individual may not have survived.”

For Swanberry, it was his second time receiving the Lifesaving Award.

The Police Commission on Wednesday also recognized retiring communications specialist Bruce Daigle, who has been a dispatcher for the Police Department for the past 14 years. Before that, he was a firefighter for about 13 years.

“We are really sad to see him go,” said Allen, who said Daigle has done a great job dealing with a wide variety of calls made to the Police Department. “We receive any type of call you could possibly receive.”

Allen said that Daigle has dispatched for a number of high-profile incidences, including homicides and the hostage situation at Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in Rochester in 2007.

“I’m very proud as chief of police of having worked with you,” he said to Daigle. “Good luck and we wish you well.”

After retirement, Daigle plans to move down south.

On Wednesday, Daigle said, “It’s been a pleasure. It’s been a real fun ride.”